Are renters in Fairfax County required to purchase renter's insurance?
The Commonwealth of Virginia does not require that renters in Fairfax County to buy renter’s insurance. However, our leases require that tenants obtain a renter's insurance policy which pays for losses of the tenant's personal property due to theft, fire, tenant negligence, or if someone is injured at the property. A’s insurance policy protects the rental property from loss, but not the renter’s personal property if it is damaged, destroyed or stolen. Please contact your insurance agent to let them know that you are putting your property into service.
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- Before you lease out your rental in Fairfax County
- Collections and evictions
- Communications with the renter
- During tenancy
- End of lease term and what happens when a tenant breaks the lease
- How does the property owner get paid?
- How your property management company handles the association and your community
- How your rental manager handles utilities
- How Nesbitt Management finds renters
- Insurance matters for property owners using our property management
- How Nesbitt Management handles keys
- Fairfax County rental investor responsibilities
- Maintenance, repairs & inspections for your rental property in Fairfax County
- The move-in inspection
- Property management information form
- Selling a 1031 tax exchange & more
- Starting our management of your rental property
- When owners don't yet know their new address
- Vetting tenants in Fairfax County